Burn, Burning
Burn, Burning
burn, burning: Figurative: In addition to the ordinary meaning, burn is used metaphorically in the following passages of the New Testament:
(1) , kao (Luk 24:32), Was not our heart burning within us, i.e. greatly moved.
(2) , puroo, used twice, once in the sense of inflamed with sexual desire (1Co 7:9), For it is better to marry than to burn and in 2Co 11:29 of the heat of the passions, here of grief, or anger, Who is offended (the American Standard Revised Version caused to stumble) and I burn not? See also PUNISHMENTS.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Burn, Burning
“to set fire to, to light;” in the Passive Voice, “to be lighted, to burn,” Mat 5:15; Joh 15:6; Heb 12:18; Rev 4:5; Rev 8:8, Rev 8:10; Rev 19:20; Rev 21:8; 1Co 13:3, is used metaphorically of the heart, Luk 24:32; of spiritual light, Luk 12:35; Joh 5:35. See LIGHT.
from kata, “down” (intensive), and No. 1 signifies “to burn up, burn utterly,” as of chaff, Mat 3:12; Luk 3:17; tares, Mat 13:30, Mat 13:40; the earth and its works, 2Pe 3:10; trees and grass, Rev 8:7. This form should be noted in Act 19:19, 1Co 3:15; Heb 13:11; Rev 17:16. In each place the full rendering “burn utterly” might be used, as in Rev 18:8.
from ek, “out” (intensive), and No. 1, lit., “to burn out,” in the Passive Voice, “to be kindled, burn up,” is used of the lustful passions of men, Rom 1:27.
from pur, “fire, to glow with heat,” is said of the feet of the Lord, in the vision in Rev 1:15; it is translated “fiery” in Eph 6:16 (of the darts of the evil one); used metaphorically of the emotions, in 1Co 7:9; 2Co 11:29; elsewhere literally, of the heavens, 2Pe 3:12; of gold, Rev 3:18 (RV, “refined”). See FIERY, FIRE, TRY.
or empretho, “to burn up,” occurs in Mat 2:7.
akin to A, No. 1 (Eng., “caustic”), is found in Heb 6:8, lit., “whose end is unto burning.” Cp. BRANDED.
is rendered “burning heat” in Jam 1:11, AV (RV, “scorching”). See HEAT.
akin to A. No. 4, is used literally in Rev 18:9, Rev 18:18; metaphorically in 1Pe 4:12, “fiery trial.” See TRIAL.